See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot As such, I am writing to notify you that I have asked that the Minister for Parliamentary Business, subject to Committee’s agreement, to ask the Parliamentary Bureau to agree to recommend extending the Stage 2 deadline from 15 December 2023 to 2 February 2024. This is to allow time for the government to engage fully with committee members, as well as stakeholders, and to ensure that the issues raised with me by members are able to be reflected in the Government’s approach to Stage 2, which the current government amendment lodging deadline of 27 November would not allow for.